A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival, and numerous awards internationally, BALLAST is one of the most critically acclaimed American independent films of recent years, a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption.

BRILLIANT MOON: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche chronicles the life of writer, poet and meditation master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers.

Widely praised at the Cannes, Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals, CHOP SHOP is the second remarkable feature from the internationally acclaimed young director Ramin Bahrani, who was recently hailed 'the new great American film director' by eminent critic Roger Ebert.

An inventive, modern-day take on the classic detective genre, with inspiration drawn from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Raymond Chandler, COLD WEATHER, from director Aaron Katz (QUIET CITY), is one of a fresh new wave of American indies emerging. With intimate characterisation and a setting firmly based in reality, the film weaves its way into a charming, ironic and humorous tale that plays out with multiple twists and turns.

Writer and director Todd Solondz ('Welcome to the Dollhouse', 'Happiness') examines the irretrievability of youth and the mercilessness of the passage of time in a dark and idiosyncratic comedy featuring an all-star cast led by Jordan Gelber ('Boardwalk Empire'), Selma Blair ('Hellboy', 'Cruel Intentions'), Academy Award® winner Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow ('Rosemary’s Baby'), Justin Bartha ('The Hangover'), Donna Murphy ('Spider-Man 2,' 'Star Trek: Insurrection') , Zachary Booth ('The Beaver') and Aasif Mandvi ('Margin Call', 'The Daily Show').

Following his critically acclaimed performance in the multi-Oscar winning 'The Hurt Locker', Brian Geraghty ('Jarhead', 'The Guardian') delivers a mesmerizing turn in Kyle Patrick Alvarez's provocative debut feature film, Winner of Best New International Feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival and multiple awards internationally.

From humble tattooist to multi-million-dollar brand name, meet the extraordinary artist who brought tattoo imagery from the shadows into mainstream America.

Nominated for two Academy Awards, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and described by Quentin Tarantino as "the most exciting thriller I've seen this year", FROZEN RIVER has been acclaimed as one of the best American debuts this decade.

Winner of the prestigious FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the Venice Film Festival, GOODBYE SOLO is the latest film from young, internationally-acclaimed filmmaker Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop, Man Push Cart), one of the architects of popularly termed American 'neo-neorealism' and recently hailed 'the new great American director' by eminent critic Roger Ebert.

Directed by celebrated filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie (Lenny Cooke, Daddy Longlegs), HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT blends fiction, formalism and raw vérité as it follows a young heroin addict (Arielle Holmes, in a tour de force performance) living on the streets of New York and her highly charged relationship with her boyfriend, Ilya (Caleb Landry-Jones X-Men: First Class, Antiviral).

Acclaimed writer/director John Sayles (LONE STAR, PASSION FISH) brings the birth of rock ‘n’ roll to life with electrifying effect in HONEYDRIPPER.

Angered by the American government's response to the events of 11 September 2001, LAND OF PLENTY is one of WIM WENDERS' most impassioned films.

Beautifully animated and featuring an all-star cast voiced by Christopher Plummer, the late Lynn Redgrave (in her last film to be released), and Isabella Rossellini, MY DOG TULIP is a touching; bittersweet adaptation of the late British author, J. R. Ackerley’s (former Literary Editor of the BBC magazine, The Listener) enduring memoir, exploring the 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch, Tulip.

Premiering in 'Official Selection' at the Sundance Film Festival 2006, JAMES PONSOLDT's debut film is an assured and beautifully played drama about a broken man's redemptive relationship with the son he never had. Featuring an outstanding leading performance from two-time Oscar-nominee NICK NOLTE (Hotel Rwanda, Hulk, The Thin Red Line), the film also stars TREVOR MORGAN (Mean Creek, The Patriot), ROSEMARIE DEWITT (Rachel Getting Married), Oscar-winner TIMOTHY HUTTON (The Good Shepherd, Kinsey) and Oscar-nominee SALLY KIRKLAND (Bruce Almighty, EDTV).

With his outsider's view of America, Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Alice in the Cities) transforms PARIS, TEXAS into a haunting tale of loss, redemption and the ties that bind families together, and is arguably Wenders' greatest achievement.

Featuring intelligent, funny and affecting performances from Adam Scott  and Joel Bissonnette, Matthew Bissionnette's PASSENGER SIDE is a sharp, insightful black comedy, examining the estranged relationship of two brothers and the unusual, complex bonds that are created when opposites are bound together by unexpected circumstances.

One of America's most acclaimed contemporary screenwriters and directors, David O. Russell made his feature film debut in 1994 with the black comedy Spanking The Monkey, which won The Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and caused a stir with its incestuous subplot and portrayal of adolescent restlessness. The film also displays much of what has become Russell's trademark idiosyncratic, offbeat humour, later seen in Flirting With Disaster, the iconoclastic Three Kings and the existential comedy I Heart Huckabees, marking him as a special director with cult appeal.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's powerful and ambitious follow-up to their startlingly assured feature debut (HALF NELSON). But just as their first film was not your average high school drama, nor is SUGAR even close to being just another American sports movie.

Internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster ("New York Trilogy", "The Book of Illusions", "Man in the Dark") explores the art of writing in the darkly comical THE INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST.

The second instalment of a planned trilogy loosely based on the works of the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, acclaimed British director Bernard Rose (CANDYMAN) follows the remarkable IVANS XTC with THE KREUTZER SONATA, a shocking new film set in contemporary Hollywood that graphically emphasizes Tolstoy's brutally controversial views on the corrupting power of sex and accompanying jealousy.

Starring Oscar® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and comedian Mike O’Connell (Funny People) director Sol Tryon’s critically acclaimed debut feature is a timeless fairytale with a biting sense of humour, sure to be a cult classic.

A thoughtful, evocative portrayal of friendship, love and longing from director Matt Bissonnette (PASSENGER SIDE), starring Lukas Haas (INCEPTION), Adam Scott (THE AVIATOR) and  MOLLY PARKER (DEADWOOD).

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, WHY WE FIGHT takes an unflinching look at the anatomy of American war-making. With unparalleled Pentagon access, the film launches a non partisan inquiry into the forces - political, economic, and ideological - that drive the United States of America to fight.